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One Up on Wall Street (A Fireside book)

One Up on Wall Street (A Fireside book)
By Peter Lynch, John Rothchild

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #13907 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-08-21
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 304 pages

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Synopsis
An updated edition of a classic that explains how to research stocks and offers easy-to-follow directions for making the correct choice. It also explains why one should focus on the fundamentals of a company, and not on its stock value fluctuations.

Customer Reviews

Miniature Edition1
I was shocked as well when I received the book as it is just a frase book... Be careful and do not order it by mistake, as by the comments below I can tell I have not been the only one!!!

Who wishes to beat the market5
The main idea of "One up on Wall Street" is to beat the market by choosing a small portfolio of stocks of 3-10 companies that grow at a higher rate than the market average. The book doesn't cover mutual funds, index funds and exchange-traded funds, because the author claims that "if you don't think you can beat the market, then buy a mutual fund and save yourself a lot of extra work and money".

The book encourages you to become an aggressive investor, who has a good understanding of financial markets; is comfortable with taking risks with their investments; is not concerned about short-term volatility (fluctuation in returns); and invests for the longer-term. This encouragement is done in a very friendly tone, it is easy to understand, and quite well explained, with enough humor and variety.

I would also recommend the unabridged audio version in addition to this paperback edition.

the way to win5
I have been reading a few books about the stock market lately. So far, it is the book that has inspired me most.

I have noticed that most of the truly big winners in the stock market are long-term investors, which indeed challenges my desire to make a quick money in the stock market. I have tried to adjust my attitude toward stock market thanks to the inspiration given by the books I read recently, especially "One Up on Wall Street". To be specific, I found Part II of the book, Picking Winners, is very useful to me. It gave me an opportunity to review the tactics I have used so far.

I think that this book should be useful to you as well, as long as you want to stay in the stock market with a long-term view.